List of music museums
This is a list of music museums worldwide. The list contains notable former and existing museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.
Argentina
- – Mina Clavero
- Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos Aires
- – La Plata
- , dedicated to The Beatles – Buenos Aires
Armenia
- House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, dedicated to Aram Khachaturian – Jerevan
- Charles Aznavour Museum, dedicated to Charles Aznavour – Yerevan
Australia
- National Film and Sound Archive – Acton, Australian Capital Territory
- Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute – Adelaide, South Australia
- National Library of Australia – Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Country Music Hall of Fame – Tamworth, New South Wales
- Slim Dusty Centre - Kempsey, New South Wales
- Grainger Museum, dedicated to Percy Grainger – University of Melbourne, Victoria
- Performing Arts Collection – Melbourne
- Arts Centre Melbourne, musical collection – Melbourne
- ARIA Hall of Fame – Melbourne
- Australian Jazz Museum – Wantirna, Victoria
Austria
dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven
- Beethoven-Haus– Krems an der Donau
- – Baden bei Wien, Vienna
- – Floridsdorf, Vienna
- , musical collection – Floridsdorf
- – Vienna
- – Vienna
- – Vienna
dedicated to Johannes Brahms and/or Joseph Haydn
- – Mürzzuschlag
- with Brahms room – Vienna
- – Eisenstadt
- Haydnkirche – Eisenstadt
- Haydn's birthplace, dedicated to Joseph and Michael Haydn – Rohrau
- Composing hut of Gustav Mahler – Steinbach am Attersee
- Composing hut of Gustav Mahler – Maiernigg near Maria Wörth
- dedicated to Nannerl Mozart and her mother – St. Gilgen
- Mozart's birthplace – Salzburg
- , dedicated to the whole family – Salzburg
- Mozarthaus – Vienna
- – Atzenbrugg
- – Vienna
- – Vienna
- Museum der Johann Strauss Dynastie, dedicated to the family Strauss – Vienna
- , dedicated to Johann Strauss II – Vienna
- – Mödling
- Arnold Schönberg Center – Vienna
- , partly dedicated to Franz von Suppé – Gars am Kamp
- , dedicated to Franz Lehár – Bad Ischl
- , dedicated to Carl Zeller – St. Peter in der Au
- Liszthaus, dedicated to Franz Liszt – Raiding
- Pleyel Museum, dedicated to Ignaz Pleyel – Ruppersthal, near Großweikersdorf
- , dedicated to Fatty George
- Haus der Musik
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, musical collection
- Vienna Technical Museum, musical collection
- Eboardmuseum – Klagenfurt
- – Kremsmünster
- , partly dedicated to Silent Night – Oberndorf bei Salzburg
- – Ratten
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan State Museum of Musical Culture – Baku
Belarus
- , dedicated to Czesław Niemen – Staryya Vasilishki
Belgium
- Jazz Center Flanders, with jazz museum – Dendermonde
- Stedelijk Museum "Peter Benoit", dedicated to Peter Benoit – Harelbeke
- Organ collection Ghysels – Kallo, Beveren
- – Koekelare
- – Menen
- Museum Vleeshuis – Antwerp
- Harmonium Art museuM – Klein-Willebroek
- Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn", dedicated to Jef Denyn – Mechelen
- – Voortkapel, Westerlo
- , musical collection – Brussels
- Musical Instrument Museum – Brussels
- – Gooik
- South-West Brabant Museum, collection of cellist François Servais and family – Halle
- Jazz Station – Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
- Brabant Center for Music Traditions – Kampenhout
- – Schaerbeek
- – Hasselt
- – Peer
- Armand Preud'homme Museum, dedicated to Armand Preud'homme – Peer
- Mr Sax's House, dedicated to Adolphe Sax – Dinant
- Bell and Carillon Museum – Tellin
Brazil
- – Bauru
- – Campinas
- – Campo Grande
- – Ceará
- – Cuiabá
- Museu da Imagem e do Som de Alagoas – Maceió
- – Minas Gerais
- – Pará
- , dedicated to Luiz Gonzaga – Pernambuco
- Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
- Reggae Maranhão Museum - São Luís
- Villa-Lobos Museum, dedicated to Heitor Villa-Lobos – Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound – São Paulo
Burkina Faso
- Musée de Manega, musical collection – Oubritenga
- National Musical Museum – Ouagadougou
Canada
- Gervais Wheels Museum – Alida, Saskatchewan
- National Music Centre – Calgary
- Creative Kids Museum, musical collection – Calgary
- Canadian Music Hall of Fame – Calgary
- Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame – Calgary
- Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame – Merritt
- Revelstoke Nickelodeon Museum – Revelstoke
- Celtic Music Interpretive Centre – Judique
- Hank Snow Home Town Museum, dedicated to Hank Snow – Liverpool
- Musée de l'Accordéon – Montmagny
- Anne Murray Centre, dedicated to Anne Murray – Springhill
- Forest City Gallery, musical collection – London
- Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum, dedicated to Neil Young – Omemee
- Franco-Ontarian Folklore Centre – Greater Sudbury
- Shania Twain Centre, dedicated to Shania Twain – Timmins
- Ontario Science Centre, musical collection – Flemingdon Park, Toronto
- Barn Dance Historical Society Entertainment Museum – Wingham
Cape Verde
- Museu da Tabanka, dedicated to tabanka music – Assomada
China
- Choir Organ Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian
- Gulangyu Piano Museum – Gulangyu, Fujian
- Heilongjiang Music Museum, musical instruments – Harbin, province of Heilongjiang
- Drum Tower of Xi'an – Xi'an, province Shaanxi
- Wuhan Museum, musical instruments collection – Wuhan, province of Hubei
Czech Republic
dedicated to Antonín Dvořák
dedicated to Leoš Janáček
dedicated to Bedřich Smetana
- – Jabkenice
- – Litomyšl
- – Obříství
- Bedřich Smetana Museum – Prague
- , dedicated to Josef Suk – Křečovice
- , dedicated to Paul Wranitzky, Antonín Vranický and Jan Novák – Nová Říše
- , dedicated to Bohuslav Martinů – Polička
- Bertramka, dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Prague
- – Modrý pokoj, dedicated to Jaroslav Ježek – Prague
- , dedicated to František Drdla – Žďár nad Sázavou
- Music Without Musicians – Hořovice
- – Ostrava
- – Prague
- Lobkowicz Palace, partly dedicated to classical music – Prague
- – Prague
- – Lesonice
- , collection bagpipes – Strakonice
Denmark
- – Knebel
- The Danish Music Museum – Copenhagen
- Carl Nielsen Museum, dedicated to Carl Nielsen – Odense
- Memphis Mansion, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Randers
- – Roskilde
Estonia
- Estonian Theatre and Music Museum – Tallinn
Finland
- Ainola, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Järvenpää
- Military Music Museum of Finland – Lahti
- Sibelius Museum, dedicated to Jean Sibelius – Turku
- – Varkaus
- , dedicated to Joonas Kokkonen – Järvenpää
France
- Musée des Arts et Métiers – 3rd arrondissement
- Salon Frédéric Chopin, dedicated to Frédéric Chopin – 4th arrondissement
- Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris – 9th arrondissement
- Musée du Hard Rock Café – 9th arrondissement
- Musée Édith Piaf, dedicated to Édith Piaf – 11th arrondissement
- Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – 18th arrondissement
- Musée de la Musique – 19th arrondissement
- Musée de la musique – Anduze
- Josephine Baker Museum, Château des Milandes, dedicated to Josephine Baker – Castelnaud-la-Chapelle
- Museum of Musical Instruments, Céret – Céret
- Musée de l'art forain et de la musique mécanique – Conflans-en-Jarnisy
- Musée Hector-Berlioz – birthplace of Hector Berlioz – La Côte-Saint-André
- – La Couture-Boussey
- Musée Claude-Debussy, dedicated to Claude Debussy – Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Musée de la musique mécanique – Les Gets
- Maisons Satie, dedicated to Erik Satie – Honfleur
- – L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
- – Limoux
- Musée de la musique mécanique – Mirecourt
- Musée de la lutherie et de l'archèterie française – Mirecourt
- , dedicated to Maurice Ravel – Montfort-l'Amaury
- – Montluçon
- Palais Lascaris, musical instruments museum – Nice
- Musée de la chanson française – La Planche
- – Steenwerck
Germany
- Brahms House, dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Baden-Baden
- Deutsches Musikautomaten-Museum – Bruchsal
- , partly dedicated to Joseph Martin Kraus – Buchen
- Augustiner Museum, musical instruments collection – Freiburg
- German Phono Museum – Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald
- Glockenmuseum Stiftskirche – Herrenberg
- – Lautlingen, Albstadt
- – Mannheim
- House of Music − Stuttgart
- – Trossingen
- , collection mechanical musical instruments – Waldkirch
- , dedicated to Friedrich Silcher – Weinstadt-Schnait
- , dedicated to Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Augsburg
- , dedicated to E. T. A. Hoffmann – Bamberg
- , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Bayreuth
- House Wahnfried, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Bayreuth
- , partly dedicated to Christoph Willibald Gluck – Berching
- , dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee
- , dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth
- – Feuchtwangen
- , dedicated to Richard Strauss – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
- – Mittenwald
- – Munich
- – Ostheim vor der Rhön
- , with a collection of Adolf von Henselt – Schwabach
- – Valley
- , dedicated to Vinzenz, Franz and Ignaz Lachner – Rain
- – Beeskow
- , Bad Belzig
- , dedicated to Bartolomeo Cristofori – Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
- Ramones Museum, dedicated to the Ramones – Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Berlin Musical Instrument Museum – Berlin-Tiergarten
- , dedicated to August Friedrich, Johann Gottlieb and Carl Heinrich Graun – Bad Liebenwerda
- , dedicated to Xaver and Philipp Scharwenka – Bad Saarow
- , partly dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Eutin
- , dedicated to Johannes Brahms – Heide
- Composers Quarter Hamburg – Hamburg-Neustadt
- * Brahms Museum, dedicated to Johannes Brahms
- * Telemann Museum, dedicated to Georg Philipp Telemann
- * Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Museum, dedicated to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- * Johann Adolph Hasse Museum, dedicated to Johann Adolph Hasse
- * Gustav Mahler Museum, dedicated to Gustav Mahler
- * Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Museum, dedicated to Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn
- Hamburg Museum, musical collection – Hamburg-Neustadt
- Beatlemania Hamburg, dedicated to The Beatles – Hamburg-St. Pauli
- – Hamburg-Winterhude
- – Kröpelin
- Brahms-Institut, dedicated to Johannes Brahms and other composers – Lübeck
- Mecklenburgisches Orgelmuseum – Malchow
- , piano museum – Bergheim
- Beethoven House, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Bonn
- , dedicated to Robert Schumann – Bonn-Endenich
- – Borgentreich
- , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Düsseldorf
- – Goslar
- – Gronau
- , musical instruments collection – Hattingen
- – Extertal
- Stones Fan Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Lüchow
- – Monschau
- , dedicated to Friedrich Fleiter – Münster-Nienberge
- – Schwarmstedt
- – Weener
- , partly dedicated to Elvis Presley – Friedberg
- , dedicated to Paul Hindemith – Frankfurt
- , dedicated to Louis Spohr – Kassel
- , dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Koblenz
- – Ortenberg-Lißberg
- – Rüdesheim am Rhein
- Musikantenland Museum – Thallichtenberg
- – Windesheim
- , dedicated to Eugen d'Albert and Teresa Carreño – Coswig
- Kurt Weill Centre, dedicated to Kurt Weill – Dessau-Roßlau
- Carl Maria von Weber Museum, dedicated to Carl Maria von Weber – Dresden-Hosterwitz
- , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Dresden-Graupa
- , dedicated to Gottfried Silbermann – Frauenstein
- , dedicated to Rudolf and Erhard Mauersberger – Großrückerswalde
- , dedicated to The Beatles – Halle
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach House, dedicated to seven composers – Halle
- Handel House, dedicated to Georg Friedrich Händel – Halle
- – Klosterhäseler
- , collection Johann Sebastian Bach – Köthen
- Mendelssohn House, Leipzig, dedicated to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn – Leipzig
- , dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Leipzig
- , dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Leipzig
- Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University – Leipzig
- , dedicated to Robert and Clara Schumann – Leipzig
- , dedicated to Carl Loewe – Löbejün
- – Markneukirchen
- , dedicated to Clara Schumann – Müglitztal
- , dedicated to Reinhard Keiser, Johann Christian Schieferdecker, Johann David Heinichen, and Johann Friedrich Fasch – Teuchern
- Heinrich Schütz House, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Weißenfels
- Robert Schumann House, dedicated to Robert Schumann – Zwickau
- , partly dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Arnstadt
- – Bechstedtstraß
- Bachhaus, dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach – Eisenach
- , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Eisenach
- Heinrich Schütz House, dedicated to Heinrich Schütz – Bad Köstritz
- , dedicated to Max Reger – Meiningen
- Museum im Schloss Elisabethenburg, musical history and instruments – Meiningen
- , dedicated to the Bach family and violins craft – Wechmar
- , dedicated to Franz Liszt – Weimar
Ghana
- Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre of Ghana – Cape Coast
Greece
- Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments – Plaka, Athens
- Music Museum "Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros", dedicated to Nikolaos Mantzaros – Corfu
- Museum of Ancient Greek, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Musical Instruments – Thessaloniki
- – Thessaloniki
Guatemala
- Museo Casa K'ojom, at the Centro Cultural la Azotea, dedicated to Maya music – Jocotenango, Sacatepéquez
Hungary
- Béla Bartók Memorial House, dedicated to Béla Bartók
- , dedicated to Franz Liszt
- , dedicated to Zoltán Kodály
- Museum of Music History
- Egri Road Beatles Múzeum, dedicated to The Beatles – Eger
- , dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – Martonvásár
Iceland
- The Icelandic Museum of Rock 'n' Roll – Reykjanesbær
- Folk Music Centre – Siglufjörður
India
- Melody World Wax Museum, musical instruments collection − Mysore
- Karnataka Folk Museum, musical collection – Bangalore
Indonesia
- – Malang
Iran
- Tehran Museum of Music – Tehran
Ireland
- Irish Rock N Roll Museum – Dublin
- Irish Music Hall of Fame – Dublin
Israel
- the Hebrew Music Museum - Jerusalem
- Violins of Hope – Tel Aviv
Italy
- – Alessandria
- Gustav Mahler Stube, with memorial dedicated to Gustav Mahler – Altschluderbach, Toblach
- , dedicated to Gaetano Donizetti – Bergamo
- Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica – Bologna
- Oratorium of San Colombano – Bologna
- , dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
- Casa di Verdi, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
- Villa Verdi, dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi – Busseto
- Civic Museum of Crema, musical collection – Crema
- Museo del violino – Cremona
- Museo Civico Ala Ponzone – Cremona
- , dedicated to Fabrizio De André – Genoa
- – Genoa
- Collezione Didattica piccolo Museo della Musica – Lodi
- Fondo Musicale Greggiati, dedicated to Giuseppe Greggiati – Mantua
- Museum of Musical Instruments – Milan
- Museo Teatrale alla Scala, musical collection – Milan
- , dedicated to Arturo Toscanini – Parma
- Museo storico Riccardo Barilla del Conservatorio di Parma – Parma
- – Roncegno
- Museo Etnografico e dello Strumento Musicale a Fiato – Quarna Sotto
- , musical collection – Trieste
- Museo della Canzone – Vallecrosia
- San Maurizio, dedicated to music of Baroque Venice – Venice
- Museo Wagner, dedicated to Richard Wagner – Ca' Vendramin Calergi, Venice
- – Verona
- – Castelfidardo
- – Florence
- , dedicated to Enrico Caruso – Lastra a Signa
- , dedicated to Gaspare Spontini – Maiolati Spontini
- – Massa Marittima
- , dedicated to Titta Ruffo – Pisa
- Casa Natale di Rossini, dedicated to Gioachino Rossini – Pesaro
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Musical Instruments Museum – Rome
- Museo Storico, part of the Teatro Argentina – Rome
- Museo nazionale degli strumenti musicali – Rome
- Museo della Zampogna, bagpipe museum – Scapoli
- Accademia Musicale Chigiana – Siena
- – Talla
- , estate of Giacomo Puccini – Viareggio
- Museum of Multiethnic Musical Instruments "Fausto Cannone" – Alcamo
- Museum of Castle of Gesualdo, dedicated to Carlo Gesualdo – Gesualdo, dedicated to Carlo Gesualdo — Gesualdo
- – Isca sullo Ionio
- – Naples
- , partly dedicated to Francesco Cilea and Nicola Manfroce – Palmi, Reggio Calabria
Jamaica
- Bob Marley Museum, dedicated to Bob Marley – Nine Mile
- Bob Marley Mausoleum – Kingston
Japan
- Michio Miyagi Memorial Hall, dedicated to Michio Miyagi
- , mechanical musical instruments
- Museum of the Musashino Academia Musicae
- Min-On Musical Museum
- Mandolin Melodies Museum – Aichi
- – Fujikawaguchiko
- Musical Instruments Museum – Hamamatsu
- – Izu, Itō
- – Kobe
- The Museum, successor of – Matsushima
- – Misasa
- – Nasu
- – Saikai
- – Nishinomiya
- – Mimasaka
- – Osaka
- Otaru Music Box Museum – Otaru
- John Lennon Museum, dedicated to John Lennon – Saitama
- – Shizuoka
- , organ museum – Tendō
Kazakhstan
- Kazakh Museum of Folk Musical Instruments – Almaty
Latvia
- Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum, devoted to folklorist Krišjānis Barons and his work collecting Latvian folk songs - Riga
Lithuania
- Povilas Stulga Museum of Lithuanian Folk Instruments, named after Povilas Stulga – Kaunas
- Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum – Kaunas
- – Vilnius
Madagascar
- University of Madagascar's Museum of Art and Archaeology, collection of musical instruments – Antananarivo
Mexico
- Museum of the Yucatecan Song – Mérida
- Casa de la Música Mexicana – Mexico City
- – Mexico City
Mongolia
- Mongolian Theatre Museum – Ulaanbaatar
Netherlands
- – Assen
- – Barger-Compascuum
- – Eelde
- – Gasselternijveenschemond
- , dedicated to Cuby + Blizzards – Grolloo
- , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Molkwerum
- – Stadskanaal
- – de Wijk
- , dedicated to The Beatles – Alkmaar
- Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen – Amsterdam
- , dedicated to Willy Alberti – Amsterdam
- – Amsterdam
- – Amsterdam
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, musical collection – The Hague
- – The Hague
- Barrel Organ Museum Haarlem – Haarlem
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision – Hilversum
- – Hook of Holland
- – Volendam
- – Vlaardingen
- – Bennekom
- , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Culemborg
- – Elburg
- – Malden
- – Nieuwleusen
- , dedicated to Radio Veronica and Demis Roussos – Nijkerk
- – Paasloo, Steenwijkerland
- Museum Speelklok – Utrecht
- – Zutphen
- – Asten
- , named after Anselmo Gavioli – Helmond
- – Hilvarenbeek
- – Sint-Oedenrode
- – Tilburg
New Zealand
- , dedicated to Elvis Presley – Hawera
- Whittaker's Live Musical Museum – Auckland
Norway
- Edvard Grieg Museum Troldhaugen, dedicated to Edvard Grieg – Bergen
- Siljustøl, dedicated to Harald Sæverud, Bergen
- Ringve Museum – Lade
- Villa Lysøen, dedicated to Ole Bull – Os, Hordaland
- Rockheim – Trondheim
- , dedicated to Torgeir Augundsson – Vinje
Philippines
- Jose R. Gullas Halad Museum – Cebu City
Poland
- Fryderyk Chopin Museum – Warsaw
- Chopin family parlor – Warsaw
- Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin – Żelazowa Wola
- , dedicated to Feliks Nowowiejski – Barczewo
- Villa Atma, dedicated to Karol Szymanowski – Zakopane
- Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky in Koszalin, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky – Koszalin
- – Będomin
- – Katowice
- – Poznań
- – Szyba
- – Szydłowiec
- – Wejherowo
Portugal
- Museum of Portuguese Music – Estoril
- – Lisbon
- Museu Nacional da Música – Lisbon
- Museum of the Hot Club of Portugal – Lisbon
- Stringed Instruments Museum, string instruments museum – Tebosa
- Museu Fernando Lopes-Graça, dedicated to Fernando Lopes-Graça – Tomar
Puerto Rico
- Casa del Compositor Héctor Flores Osuna, dedicated to Héctor Flores Osuna – Caguas
- Casa del Trovador – Caguas
- Centro Musical Criollo José Ignacio Quintón, dedicated to José Ignacio Quintón – Caguas
- Casa Paoli, dedicated to Antonio Paoli – Barrio Cuarto, Ponce
- Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña – Barrio Tercero, Ponce
- – San Juan
- Museum of Reggaeton and Daddy Yankee - at Plaza Las Américas Mall
Reunion
- , also 'Musée des musiques et instruments de l'océan Indien' – Hell-Bourg
Romania
- Luminiș Villa, dedicated to George Enescu – Cumpătu, Sinaia
Russia
- Harmonica Museum, dedicated to Alfred Mirek
- Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky at Taganka Square, dedicated to Vladimir Vysotsky
- Temple of Love, Peace and Music, dedicated to John Lennon
- Kamchatka, house of Viktor Tsoi
- Museum of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
- St.Petersburg State Museum, and branches:
- * House and Museum of Feodor Chaliapin
- *The Museum of Music and Music Instruments at the Count Sheremetev Palace
- * Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum, dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- *The Samoilov Actors' Family Museum
- Museum of Sergei Taneyev, dedicated to Sergei Taneyev – Dyudkovo, Zvenigorod
- Museum Music and Time – Yaroslavl
- Tchaikovsky State House-Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky en Sergei Taneyev – Klin
- Rockmuseum – Ufa
- Ivanovka, former summer residence of Sergei Rachmaninoff – Tambov
- Musical Instrument Museum – Volgograd
- Tsjaikovski Museum, dedicated to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Votkinsk
Slovakia
- Slovak National Museum – Bratislava
Slovenia
- Birth House of Hugo Wolf – Ljubljana
- The Rolling Stones Museum, dedicated to The Rolling Stones – Portorož
South Africa
- Music of the Caab Centre – Franschhoek
- Adler Museum of the History of Music – Johannesburg
South Korea
- Ureuk Museum, course of music in Gaya and Silla – Goryeong, North Gyeongsang Province
- Korean Folk Village – Yongin
Spain
- Valldemossa Charterhouse, living of Frédéric Chopin – Valldemossa, Mallorca
- Casa–Museo del Timple, local string instruments – Teguise, Lanzarote
- Alfercam Museum, ethnic musical instruments – Avilés, Asturias
- Casa Museo Jesús de Monasterio, de dedicated to Jesús de Monasterio – Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria
- International Bagpipe Museum – Gijón
- Soinuenea–Herri Musikaren Txokoa, Basque music – Oiartzun, Basque Country
- Museo del Órgano, dedicated to organs – Agüero, Aragon
- Museo Nino Bravo, dedicated to Nino Bravo – Aielo de Malferit, Valencia
- Museu de la Música de Barcelona – Barcelona
- – Barcelona
- Museo de Música Étnica – Busot, Valencia
- Museu Isaac Albéniz, dedicated to Isaac Albéniz – Camprodon, Catalonia
- Museo Pablo Sarasate, dedicated to Pablo Sarasate – Pamplona, Navarra
- Casa-Museo Julián Gayarre, dedicated to Julián Gayarre – Roncal, Navarra
- Museu Pau Casals, dedicated to Pablo Casals – el Vendrell, Catalonia
- , dedicated to Concha Piquer – Valencia
- Museo de la Música Étnica, music cultures worldwide – Barranda, Murcia
- Casa Museo Manuel de Falla, dedicated to Manuel de Falla – Granada
- Casa Museo Andrés Segovia, dedicated to Andrés Segovia – Linares, Jaén
- Museo de Raphael, dedicated to Raphael – Linares, Jaén
- – Málaga
- , dedicated to flamenco – Sevilla
- Museo de la Guitarra - Almeria
- Museo Jacinto Guerrero, dedicated to Jacinto Guerrero – Ajofrín, Toledo
- Museo de Sonidos del Mundo / Museo de Instrumentos – Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos
- Museo Sara Montiel, dedicated to Sara Montiel – Campo de Criptana, Ciudad Real
- Casa Museo José Padilla, dedicated to José Padilla Sánchez – Madrid
- Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo, dedicated to Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo – Madrid
- Museo Hazen, piano collection – Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid
- Museo de la Música – Urueña, Valladolid
Sweden
- , dedicated to ABBA
- Stockholm Music Museum
- Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
- , dedicated to Jussi Björling – Borlänge
- , dedicated to Bedřich Smetana – Gothenburg
- , dedicated to Evert Taube – Göteborg
- , museum on jazz – Strömsholm
- Guitars – the Museum – Umeå
- Birgit Nilsson Museum, dedicated to Birgit Nilsson
- Zarah Leander-museet, dedicated to Zarah Leander
Switzerland
- Music Museum – Basel
- – Basel
- Musée Baud, named after instrument builders Frédy, Robert and Auguste Baud – L'Auberson
- , Liestal
- , dedicated to Queen – Montreux
- Museum of Timekeeping and Mechanical Musical Instruments – Oberhofen am Thunersee
- Musée Suisse de l'Orgue – Roche
- Musée d'automates et de boîtes à musique – Sainte-Croix
- – Seewen
- , dedicated to Richard Wagner – Tribschen
- , jazz museum – Uster
Taiwan
- Chang Lien-cheng Saxophone Museum – Houli, Taichung
- Chimei Museum, musical collection – Tainan
Tajikistan
- Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments – Dushanbe
Tunisia
- Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes, Ennejma Ezzahra Palace – Sidi Bou Said
Turkey
- Aynalıkavak Palace, collection of musical instruments – Istanbul
United Kingdom
- Museum of Asian Music – Acton
- Musical Museum – Kew Bridge, Brentford
- Foundling Museum – Bloomsbury
- Horniman Museum, named after Frederick John Horniman – Forest Hill
- British Music Experience – Greenwich
- Fenton House – Hampstead
- Royal College of Music Museum – Royal College of Music, Kensington
- Royal Academy of Music Museum – Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road
- Handel & Hendrix in London, dedicated to George Frideric Handel – Mayfair
- Eel Pie Island Museum – Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames
- Museum of Army Music – Kneller Hall, Whitton, Richmond upon Thames
- The Royal College of Music Museum – South Kensington
- Cavern Mecca, dedicated to The Beatles
- The Beatles Story, dedicated to The Beatles
- Liverpool Wall of Fame
- 251 Menlove Avenue, paternal home of John Lennon
- 20 Forthlin Road, birth house Paul McCartney
- St. Albans Organ Museum – St Albans
- Herschel Museum of Astronomy, musical exhibition, named after William and Caroline Herschel – Bath
- Holburne Museum – Bath
- City of Birmingham Museum – Birmingham
- Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Birmingham
- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, musical instruments – Brighton
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, musical instruments – Bristol
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge – Cambridge
- Coventry Music Museum − The 2-Tone Village, Coventry
- Mechanical Museum and Doll Collection – Chichester
- Paul Corins Magnificent Music Machines – Liskerad, Cornwall
- Mechanical Music Museum – Cotton
- Warwick Arts Centre, musical collection – University of Warwick, Coventry
- Hatchlands Park, The Cobbe Collection, keyboard instruments – East Clandon
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, musical instruments – Cumbria
- Finchcocks, historical keyboard instruments – Goudhurst partly moved to Sevenoaks
- John Taylor & Co, collections bells – Loughborough
- Elgar Birthplace Museum, dedicated to Edward Elgar – Broadheath
- Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum – Morpeth
- Keith Hardings World of Mechanical Music – Northleach
- Bate Collection of Musical Instruments – Oxford
- Ashmolean Museum, musical instruments – Oxford
- Pinchbeck, The Burtey Fen Collection, collection pipe organs – Pinchbeck
- Scarborough Fair Collection, collection mechanical organs – Scarborough
- National Centre for Popular Music – Sheffield
- American Museum in Britain – Somerset
- Museum of Somerset – Taunton
- Thursford Collection – Thursford
- Museum of Wigan Life – Wigan
- York Minster, musical instruments – York
- York Museums Trust, bells – York
- Nerve Centre – Derry
- Music museum of the Reid Concert Hall – Edinburgh
- St Cecilia's Hall, musical instruments – Edinburgh
- Russell Collection, musical instruments – Edinburgh
- George Waterston Memorial Centre and Museum, dedicated to George Waterston – Fair Isle
- The Museum of Piping – Glasgow
- Dean Castle, collection of musical instruments – Kilmarnock
- Glenesk Folk Museum – Tarfside
- National Museum Cardiff, musical instruments – Cardiff
- Tŷ Siamas, national center for folkmusic – Dolgellau
United States
- National Guitar Museum
- New Jersey Music Hall of Fame
Alabama
- Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – Birmingham
- W. C. Handy Home, Museum & Library, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Florence
- Hank Williams Boyhood Home & Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Georgiana
- The Hank Williams Museum, dedicated to Hank Williams – Montgomery
- Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Museum – Sheffield
- National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors, Troy University – Troy
- Alabama Music Hall of Fame – Tuscumbia
- Commodore Museum, dedicated to the Commodores – Tuskegee
Arizona
- Musical Instrument Museum – Phoenix
Arkansas
- Delta Cultural Center – Helena
- Guitar Museum – Jacksonville
- Ozark Folk Center – Mountain View
California
- Buck Owens Crystal Palace, dedicated to Buck Owens – Bakersfield
- Museum of Making Music – Carlsbad
- Grammy Museum at L.A. Live – Los Angeles
- Songwriters Hall of Fame – Los Angeles
- Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum – Sacramento
- Nethercutt Collection – Sylmar, San Fernando Valley
- Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven – San Jose
Colorado
- Colorado Music Hall of Fame – Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison
Connecticut
- Museum of Fife & Drum – Ivoryton
- Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments – New Haven
Florida
- Latin Music Hall of Fame Museum – Miami
- Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, Universal Studios' City Jazz – Orlando,
- Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida State Capitol – Tallahassee
- Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, dedicated to Stephen Foster – White Springs
Georgia
- – Atlanta
- Trap Music Museum, dedicated to rapper T.I. – Atlanta
- Georgia Music Hall of Fame – Macon
- The Allman Brothers Band Museum, dedicated to The Allman Brothers Band – Macon
- The Little Richard House and Museum, dedicated to Little Richard - Macon
Illinois
- Place de la Musique – Barrington Hills
- Rock N Roll McDonald's – Chicago
- Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Rt. 66 – Joliet, IL
- David Adler Music and Arts Center – Libertyville
- Sousa Archives and Center for American Music – Urbana
Indiana
- Songbook Exhibit Gallery, Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
- Great American Songbook Foundation – Carmel
- Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum – Columbus
- Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels, named after Ted Waflart – Huntingburg
- Rhythm! Discovery Center – Indianapolis
Iowa
- America's Old-Time Country Music Hall Of Fame – Anita
- Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame – Arnolds Park
- Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum, dedicated to Glenn Miller – Clarinda
- River Music Experience – Davenport
- Music Man Square – Mason City
- Bily Clocks Museum, partly dedicated to Antonín Dvořák – Spillville
- Surf Ballroom & Museum - Clear Lake, Iowa
Kentucky
- – Mount Vernon
- International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame – Owensboro
- U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum – Paintsville
- Francis M. Stafford House – Paintsville
- Bill Monroe Museum, dedicated to Bill Monroe – Rosine
Louisiana
- Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – Baton Rouge
- Cajun Music Hall of Fame, dedicated to Cajun music – Eunice
- Delta Music Museum – Ferriday
- Rebel State Historic Site – Marthaville
- New Orleans Mint – New Orleans
- New Orleans Jazz Museum – New Orleans
Maine
- Bryant Stove & Music Museum – Thorndike
Maryland
- Bagpipe Museum – Ellicott City
- Strathmore – North Bethesda
Michigan
- Music House Museum – Acme
- Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments – Ann Arbor
- Motown Museum – Detroit
- Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame – Detroit
- International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Detroit
- Carnegie Center, Port Huron Museum, musical collection – Port Huron
- Tuba Museum, dedicated to the tuba – Okemos
Minnesota
- Minnesota Music Hall of Fame – New Ulm
- Paisley Park Studios, dedicated to Prince – Chanhassen
- Schubert Club, named after Franz Schubert – Saint Paul
Mississippi
- Mississippi John Hurt Museum, dedicated to Mississippi John Hurt – Carrollton
- Delta Blues Museum – Clarksdale
- Rock & Blues Museum – Clarksdale
- The Grammy Museum Mississippi – Cleveland
- Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum & Gallery – Greenwood
- Robert Johnson Blues Museum, dedicated to Robert Johnson – Crystal Springs
- Mississippi Music Museum – Hazlehurst
- Graceland Too – Holly Springs
- B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, dedicated to B.B. King – Indianola
- Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame – Jackson
- Highway 61 Blues Museum – Leland
- Hartley Peavey Visitor Center, dedicated to Peavey – Meridian
- Highland Park, dedicated to Jimmie Rodgers – Meridian
- Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum, musical collection – Starkville
- Gateway to the Blues Visitors Center and Museum – Tunica
- Elvis Presley Birthplace, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Tupelo
- Howlin' Wolf Museum, dedicated to Howlin' Wolf – West Point
Missouri
- – Branson
- American Jazz Museum – Kansas City
- National Blues Museum – St. Louis
- Scott Joplin House State Historic Site, dedicated to Scott Joplin – Saint Louis
Nebraska
- Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame – Omaha
Nevada
- Liberace Museum Collection – Paradise
- Elvis-A-Rama Museum – dedicated to Elvis Presley, Paradise
- The King's Ransom Museum, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Las Vegas
New Jersey
- Morris Museum – Morristown
- Grammy Museum Experience – Newark
New York
- Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum – Brooklyn
- National Jazz Museum – Harlem
- Hip Hop Hall of Fame – Harlem
- Long Island Music Hall of Fame – Melville, Huntington
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, circa 5,000 instruments – Manhattan
- National Museum of Hip-Hop – Manhattan
- New York Jazz Museum – Manhattan
- ARChive of Contemporary Music – Manhattan
- Rose Museum, memorial of the debut of the Vienna Philharmonic – Carnegie Hall, Manhattan
- Strawberry Fields, dedicated to John Lennon – Central Park, Manhattan
- Louis Armstrong House Museum, dedicated to Louis Armstrong – Queens
- Bethel Woods Center for the Arts – Bethel
- Marcella Sembrich Opera Museum, dedicated to Marcella Sembrich – Bolton Landing, Warren County
- New York State Country Music Hall of Fame – Cortland
- Original American Kazoo Factory and Museum, dedicated the kazoo – Eden
- Fiddler's Hall of Fame and Museum, dedicated to fiddlers – Redfield
- Empire State Theater Musical Instrument Museum – Syracuse
North Carolina
- Curb Museum for Music and Motorsports – Kannapolis, North Carolina
- North Carolina Music Hall of Fame – Kannapolis, North Carolina
- Earl Scruggs Center, Cleveland County Courthouse, dedicated to Earl Scruggs – Shelby, North Carolina
North Dakota
- Ray Opera House Museum – Ray, North Dakota
Ohio
- Ted Lewis Museum, dedicated to Ted Lewis – Circleville
- American Classical Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Cincinnati
- Verdin Bell and Clock Museum – Cincinnati
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland
- Polka Hall of Fame – Euclid
Oklahoma
- Roger Miller Museum, dedicated to Roger Miller – Erick
- Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame – Muskogee
- American Banjo Museum – Oklahoma City
- Washington Irving Trail Museum, country music collection, named after Washington Irving – Ripley
- Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Tulsa
- Woody Guthrie Center, dedicated to Woody Guthrie and includes the archives of Phil Ochs – Tulsa
Pennsylvania
- Liberty Bell Museum – Allentown
- Schuman Instrument Collection – Southern Oregon University, Ashland
- DeBence Antique Music World – Franklin
- Wolf Museum of Music and Art – Lancaster County
- American Treasure Tour – Oaks, Montgomery County
- Martin Guitar Museum, named after C. F. Martin & Company – Nazareth
- New Holland Band Museum – New Holland
- Bayernhof Music Museum – O'Hara Township
- Marian Anderson House, dedicated to Marian Anderson – Philadelphia
- Stephen Foster Memorial, dedicated to Stephen Foster – University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
- Phillip Paul Bliss House, named after Philip Bliss – Rome
- Vocal Group Hall of Fame – Sharon
South Carolina
- The Kazoo Museum, dedicated to the kazoo – Beaufort, South Carolina
- Carolina Music Museum – Heritage Green, South Carolina
- Sigal Music Museum formerly the Carolina Music Museum – Heritage Green, South Carolina
South Dakota
- National Music Museum – Vermillion, South Dakota
Tennessee
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, musical museum and dedication to Tina Turner – Brownsville
- Rockabilly Hall of Fame – Burns
- Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame – Dollywood
- Chasing Rainbows Museum, dedicated to Dolly Parton – Dollywood
- Loretta Lynn Ranch, dedicated to Loretta Lynn – Hurricane Mills
- International Rock-a-billy Hall of Fame – Jackson
- Mountain Music Museum – Kingsport
- James D. Vaughan Museum, dedicated to James David Vaughan – Lawrenceburg
- Graceland, dedicated to Elvis Presley – Memphis
- Blues Hall of Fame – Memphis
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame – Memphis
- Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum – Memphis
- W. C. Handy Museum, dedicated to W. C. Handy – Memphis
- Stax Museum of American Soul Music – Memphis
- Johnny Cash Museum, dedicated to Johnny Cash – Nashville
- Patsy Cline Museum, dedicated to Patsy Cline – Nashville
- Willie Nelson and Friends Museum, dedicated to Willie Nelson – Nashville
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
- Music City Walk of Fame – Nashville
- Gospel Music Hall of Fame – Nashville
- Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum – Nashville
- Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – Nashville
- Museum of Appalachia, collection of Uncle Dave Macon – Norris
- , dedicated to Elvis Presley and others – Pigeon Forge
Texas
- Tejano Roots Museum, dedicated to Tejano music – Alice
- South Austin Museum of Popular Culture – Austin
- Texas Music Museum – Austin
- Texas Polka Music Museum – Austin
- Heart of Texas Country Music Museum – Brady
- Texas Country Music Hall of Fame – Carthage
- Western Music Association Hall of Fame – Coppell
- The Selena Museum, dedicated to Selena Quintanilla – Corpus Christi
- Lefty Frizzell Museum, dedicated to Lefty Frizzell – Corsicana
- Texas Musicians Museum – Hillsboro
- Jukebox Museum – Houston
- Texas Musicians Museum – Irving
- Buddy Holly Center, dedicated to Buddy Holly and Texan music – Lubbock
- Blues & History Museum – Navasota
- Smitty's Juke Box Museum – Pharr
- Freddy Fender Museum, named after Freddy Fender – San Benito
- Texas Conjunto Music Museum – San Benito
- Sherman Jazz Museum – Sherman
- Bob Wills Museum, dedicated to Bob Wills – Turkey
- Roy Orbison Museum, dedicated to Roy Orbison – Wink
Utah
- Utah Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum – Ogden
Virginia
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum – Bristol, Virginia
- Ralph Stanley Museum, dedicated to Ralph Stanley – Clintwood, Virginia
- Blue Ridge Institute & Museum, musical collection – Ferrum, Virginia
- Blue Ridge Music Center – Galax
- Carter Family Fold, dedicated to the Carter Family – Hiltons, Scott County
- Virginia Musical Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia
Washington
- Museum of Pop Culture, formerly Experience Music Project – Seattle
West Virginia
- Gorby's Vintage Instrument Museum, South Charleston, West Virginia
Washington, D.C.
- O Street Museum Foundation
Uzbekistan
- Memorial house museum of Tamara Khanum – Tashkent